Between August 2018 and June 2019, approximately 15.7 percent of high school students in the United States experienced cyber bullying during the last 12 months. Students attending the ninth grade were most likely than any other group to be bullied online, with 16 percent of 9th grade survey respondents stating that they had been bullied electronically in the 12 months before the survey. Cyber bullying includes being bullied through text messages, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media.
Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade
Counting being bullied through texting, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media, during the 12 months before the survey.
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is the largest public health surveillance system in the United States, monitoring a broad range of health-related behaviors among high school students. YRBSS includes a nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and separate state, local school district, territorial, and tribal school–based YRBSs. This overview report describes the surveillance system and the 2019 survey methodology, including sampling, data collection procedures, response rates, data processing, weighting, and analyses presented in this MMWR Supplement. A 2019 YRBS participation map, survey response rates, and student demographic characteristics are included. In 2019, a total of 78 YRBSs were administered to high school student populations across the United States (national and 44 states, 28 local school districts, three territories, and two tribal governments).
For the 2019 YRBS, 13,872 questionnaires were completed in 136 schools. [...] Among the 13,872 completed questionnaires, 195 failed quality control and were excluded from analysis, resulting in 13,677 usable questionnaires.
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CDC. (August 21, 2020). Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 28, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/
CDC. "Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade." Chart. August 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 28, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/
CDC. (2020). Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 28, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/
CDC. "Share of High School Students in The United States Who Have Been Electronically Bullied during The Last 12 Months as of June 2019, by Grade." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/
CDC, Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/ (last visited November 28, 2021)
